Search:

The construction sector defied all expectations last month to record a “solid expansion” of overall output with job creation accelerating to its fastest since December 2015. Despite Brexit worries continuing to hold back business confidence, the Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing man

EDF Renewables UK has received consent from the Scottish Government for an improved design for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm. The updated consent will allow the wind farm to be constructed using fewer, but higher capacity, turbines which will generate the same 450MW output of re

Plans have been submitted for a new housing development in the East End of Glasgow that aims to combat dementia, depression and a lack of exercise in the over-55 age group. Thenue Housing Association wants to develop 27 flats on Landressy Place in Bridgeton.

Maryhill Housing Association has submitted a planning application for 65 flats. The development on Maryhill Road, Whitelaw Street and Cowal Road is part of £15.3 million spend on 105 new homes for the area.

Network Rail has announced that Story Contracting has won a framework contract to deliver up to £135 million of renewal and enhancement projects in Scotland over the next five years. Glasgow-based Story Scotland (a division of Story Contracting) will help Network Rail complete a wide range of

West of Scotland construction and haulage company TSL Contractors Limited has appointed Iain Lumsden as the firm's new managing director. Iain joins TSL from Balfour Beatty's North Scotland business where he worked for nearly 25 years, latterly in the post of managing director.

Training and skills campaign group The 5% Club hosted a conference in Rosyth today to raise awareness of the value of embedding ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities into an organisation. The 5% Club was set up five years ago by Leo Quinn, group chief executive of Balfour Beatty, to en

Clydebank Community Sport Hub officially opened its doors this week after a £3.8 million investment. The old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook have been transformed into world-class sporting facility for rugby, Gaelic football, football and a range of other sports and activities.

Ian Fergusson, managing partner of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and chairman of RICS Scotland, is participating in a charity fundraising mission this Saturday when he will spend the night in a sleeping bag in Princes Street Gardens as part of the RICS Sleep in the Park Team. Speaking in advance of t

It was a day at the races with a difference as a group of runners from Robertson downed tools and took to the track to take part in a charity fun run. Sixteen Robertson employees and subcontractors working onsite at the new Hampton by Hilton Hamilton Park donned a variety of costumes – includi

Scottish Water has completed one of its biggest ever investments in Argyll and Bute, with its new £29 million water treatment works in Oban now operational.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has announced the winner of a design contest inviting architects to submit ideas which imagine how Glasgow will look in 150 years’ time. In honour of the 150th anniversary of its founding, the GIA asked participants to submit a single image portraying

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Ms Ashleigh Beljaflah

Construction and property consultants Thomas & Adamson has completed a series of project handovers including a £20 million Market Street hotel in Edinburgh for the Carlton Hotel Collection. The firm provided cost management services for the four-star hotel on behalf of EDI Group Ltd.

A new village with more than a thousand homes is being planned for a site between Dalmahoy and Ratho. Investors Inverdunning and planning consultant Clarendon intend to bring forward a masterplan for between 1,200 and 1,500 new homes and local facilities at Hatton Village on the A71.